Apparatus for stuffing horse-collars



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E. G. PHILLIPS. APPARATUS FOR STUPPING HORSE COLL-ABS.

No. 541,626. Patented June 25, 1895.

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UNITE STATES ATENT OFFICE.

ELWOOD O. PHILLIPS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

APPARATUS FOR STUFFING HORSE-COLLARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 541,626, dated June 25,1895.

Application filed $eptemher 17,1894. Serial No. 523,199. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELWOOD O. PHILLIPs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicage, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and Improved Apparatus for StuffingHorse-Collars, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a frontelevation, partially in vertical section. Fig. 2 is a partial verticalsec tion upon line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail, being aView of the mold in which the collar is formed with one side opened andturned down. Fig. at is an enlarged detail, being a top view of themold.

The object of my invention is to provide new and improved mechanism bywhich horsecollars may be readily and well stuffed by machinery. Iaccomplish this object as hereinafter specified and as illustrated inthe drawings.

That which I regard as new will be set forth in the claims.

In the drawings 1 indicates the framework upon which is mounted theparts of the machine hereinafter described.

2-2 indicate hoppers, which are mounted upon the framework.

3 indicates conveyor tubes which are mounted upon the bottom of thehoppers 2, and into which the hoppers 2 open.

4 indicates conveyer screws which are mounted upon shafts 5 journaled inthe outer ends of the conveyor tubes 3, which shafts are driven by meansof pulleys 6 and belts 7.

8 indicates nozzles which are mounted upon a the inner ends of theconveyor tubes 3, and into which the conveyer tubes open, as best shownin Figs. 1 and 2. The nozzles 8 are funnel-shaped at their tops and areadapted at their lower ends to enter into and fit within the mold andcoverings of the fore and after wales of the collar, as hereinafterdescribed. 9 indicates a mold, which is mounted upon a cross-head 10,which slides verticallyupon uprights 11 -11 mounted in the framework 1.

12 indicates a foot-lever which is pivoted upon an ear 13 secured to across-bar 14 of the framework 1. 1

15 indicates a link, the upper end of which is pivoted to the lower endof the cross-head 10, the lower end being pivoted to the inner end ofthe lever 12.

16 indicates a ratchet secured upon the frame 1 and adapted to engagewith the outer end of the foot-lever 12, whereby it may be held in anydesired position. By moving the foot lever up or down the mold 9 may bemoved toward or away from the nozzles 8, for the purpose hereinafterdescribed,

The mold 9 is of such shape that its inner surface conforms in generalto the shape of the horse-collar which it is desired to make, and hasits parts hinged at its lower end so that they may be separated and thecovering for the collar placed within the mold 9.

17 indicates clamps which are hinged to the upper ends of the mold 9, asbest shown in Fig. 4, and adapted to fit over the upper ends of thesame. The clamps 17 are provided with thumb-screws 18 which pass throughthe openings in the clamps and areadapted by mold the thumb-screws 18are loosened and w the clamps raised upon their hinges, when the frontsides of the mold may be turned upon their hinges outward and downward,as best shown in Fig. 3.

19 (see Fig. 2) indicates the upper end of y the covering of thehorse-collar within the mold 9.

20 indicates rods which are mounted .between cross bars 21 on theframework 1 and anti-friction rollers 22, and are adapted to slidevertically therein.

23 indicates friction plates which are shaped in the segment of acircle, and are keyed upon a shaft 24: which is journaled in the frame-7 work 1, and driven by abelt 7 and pulleys 25. The peripheries of thefriction plates 23 are adapted to bear against and engage with the rearsurface of the rods 20, so that when rotated in the direction indicatedby the arrow :in Fig. 2 they will lift the rods 20 vertically.

27 indicatesfriction plates of the same shape I as the friction plate23, and like it keyed upon the shaft 24.. Their periphery is adapted tobear against and engage with the rods 26 and to raise them when thefriction plate is rotated in the direction indicated by the arrowthereon in Fig. 2.

2829 indicate rammers or flexible rods of steel or other suitablematerial, which are mounted respectively in the lower ends of the rods20-26.

30 indicates a ram iner-head which is secured to the lower end of therammer 29. A similar rammer-head is located upon theend of the ram mer28, but is not shown because the lower end of the rammer 28 is cut awayin Fig. 2. The rammer heads are corrugated upon their lower surfaces,and are of a size adapted to pass freely into the mold and into thecovering of the fore and after wale of the collar when placed inside themold, as hereinafter described. tion plates 23*27 are rotated in thedirection indicated by the arrows they raise the rods 2026 until thecircular edges of said friction plates cease to bear upon said rods2026, when, the revolution being continued, the rods will be freed fromthe pressure and will drop with the rammers into the mold. Fig. 2 showsthese friction plates so arranged that the rods 20-26 with the rammersthereto attached alternate in their action.

The rammers 28*29 are formed of a mate rial sufliciently rigid toperform the function of ramming, but sufficiently flexible to follow thecurve of the mold.

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, that position by engaging the lever 12 with the Such being thedescription ofmy device,

its operation is as follows: The covering of which the horse-collar ismade is stitched together ready for its stuffing,the tops being left Themold 9 isopened and the covering of the collar placed therein, thecovering of the after-Wale cominginto the larger cham ber of the moldand that of the fore-Wale coming into the smaller. The mold is thenclosed and looked, as hereinbefore described, and raised by thefoot-lever until the nozzles 8 are brought within the covering of thefore and after wales of the collar, when it is locked in ratchet 16. Thematerial with which it is desired to stufi the collar, (which may bechopped straw, chopped hay, cork, or any other suitable material) is fedinto the hoppers 2 and thedriving belts 7 set in motion. The machineryby which the belts 7 are operated may of course be of any approved kind.By means of the conveyor screws 4 this material is fed through theconveyor tubes 3 and into the nozzles 8, whence it drops downward intothe collar. The rammers, driven as above described, force the materialdownward into the collar and pack it tightly in the covering. When thecollar is stuffed the, machine is stopped, the mold lowered from thenozzles and opened, and the stuffed collar removed, when the upper endsmay be sewed up or secured in any suitable manner.

I have shown and described the machine as stuffing both sides of thecollar at once, but

It is obvious that when the fricit is obvious, of course, that ifdesirable to dd so, or if the collar is of such construction as to makeit advisable, it could be stuffed one side at a time; in which case thefriction plates adapted to operate the part not in use could be simplyunkeyed from the shaft so as not to rotate with it, and that portion ofthe machine let't idle.-

That which I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

1. The combination with a mold having approximately the shape of acompleted horse collar, and adapted to contain the covering of a horsecollar, and mechanism adapted to feed stuffing into said mold, offlexible rammers adapted to pack stuffing into a collar contained insaid mold, and mechanism for operating said rammers, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination witha mold havingapproximately the shapeof acompleted horse collar, and adapted to contain a horse-collar, andhaving approximately the shape of a completed collar of a flexiblerammer slidingly mounted above said mold, and mechanism adapted to raisesaid rammer vertically and release it after being raised, whereby saidrammer is allowed to dropinto said mold, substantially as described.

3. The combinationwith a mold adapted to contain a horse-collar, andhaving approximately the shape of a completed collar and mechanismadapted to feed stufliiug into said mold,of a flexible rammer slidinglymounted above said mold, and mechanism adapted to raise said ram mervertically and release it after being raised, whereby said rammer isallowed to drop into said mold, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a frame, a mold mounted thereon and adaptedtocontain a horse-collar, and having approximately the shapeof acompleted collar and mechanism carried by said frame adapted to feedstufling into said mold, of a vertically movable rod mounted on saidframe above said mold,

mechanism adapted to raise said rod verti- .call y and allow it to dropafter being raised,

and a flexible rammer secured to the lower end of said rod and adaptedto enter said mold when dropped, substantially as described.

.a horse-collar, and having approximately the shape of a completedcollar and mechanism 3 carried by said frame adapted tofeed stuflinginto said mold, of a vertically movable rod mounted on said frame abovesaid mold, mechanism adapted to raise said rod verti cally and allow itto drop after being raised, and a flexible rammer secured to the lowerend of said rod and adapted to enter said mold when dropped,substantially as described.

6. The combination with a frame, a mold carried thereby and verticallyadjustable thereon, mechanism adapted to adjust said mold verticallyupon said frame, and a conveyer located upon said frame and adapted tofeed stuffing into said mold, of vertically adjustable rods mounted onsaid frame above said mold, segmental friction plates adapted to engagesaid rods and lift the same and to disengage from said rods after theyhave been lifted, mechanism for driving said segmental friction plates,and flexible rammers secured to the lower ends of said rods and adaptedto enter said mold when said rods are released, substantially asdescribed.

'7. The combination with a framework, a mold carried thereby andvertically adjustable thereof, said mold being adapted to contain ahorse-collar, mechanism for adjusting said mold vertically on saidframe, hoppers carried on said frame and provided with con- ,veyertubes, conveyor screws adapted to feed ELWOOD O. PHILLIPS.

Witnesses:

O. E. PICKARD, R. J. VAN DYKE.

